Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Example is better than following it.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.